Week 7 ” God is Completely Pure
God Is Holy
Supplies
Bible Point
God is completely pure.
Obtain and Prepare Before Class
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Lab coat
Fog machine (optional)
Sixteen-ounce or larger soda bottle
with the cap
Large nail
A container to catch water
Piece of wire
Cotton ball
Ammonia (baking soda mixed with
small amount of water will work,
just not as well)
Vinegar
Cotton swab
Old, dull pennies
Paper cups
Lemon juice
Paper towels
Microchip or picture of one (page 9)
Provided in the Kit
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Lab glasses
Lab coat
Eight sheets of goldenrod paper
Balloon
Bible Verse:
The Lord is upright; He is my
Rock, and there is no
wickedness in Him.
Psalm 92:15
Bible Passage
Psalm 24:3-5
II Samuel 6
Overview
The most referred to
attribute in the Bible is
holiness. When we talk about
God’s holiness, we are
referring to his complete
purity. God is totally
separated from evil. He does
not have one blemish.
Because He is perfect, we can
trust all His other attributes
such as love, justice and
sovereignty.
God is Completely Pure ” Week 7
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Dr. Beaker
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Lab Demonstration
Pop Bottle Leak
Supplies
ƒ Lab Glasses
ƒ Lab Coat
Supplies
ƒ One liter plastic pop bottle with the
cap
ƒ Large nail
ƒ Water
ƒ A container to catch the water
Erlenmeyer, Erlenmeyer! (Looks all
around, getting progressively agitated.)
Where is that man? I can’t ever find him.
Poke a hole on the side of the bottle close
to the bottom using the nail. Use your
finger to cover the hole while you fill the
bottle with water all the way to the top.
Screw the cap on. Take your finger off
the hole, very slowly, building suspense
with the children.
Erlenmeyer! (Have someone dressed as a
lab assistant keep showing up behind Dr.
Beaker, being careful not to be seen.)
Oh, that assistant! He has made a mess in
the lab and, true to form, just left it. You
should see the lab. There are test tubes
lying all over the tables. Chemicals have
been spilled on the floor. What a mess! It
was so clean this morning. Spotless! But
then Erlenmeyer started spilling things
and not cleaning the spills. Before long, it
was a disaster.
Are you ready for the water to come
rushing out?? (Water should not come
out) Hey, what happened? Why isn’t it
leaking??
Now, unscrew the cap. (Water should
start flowing out)
Enough about my lab. I’ll find someone
to clean it up.
Sometimes we are like the bottle. We
seem perfect on the outside. However,
inside we might be hiding anger,
jealousy or lies. Just like the bottle
sprung a leak, when we are hiding sin,
it will find us out. God never has any
“leaks.” He is perfect, holy. Because
He is holy, He wants us to live pure
lives. When we spring a leak, we need
to ask God to forgive us and purify us.
Today, I am running a very important test
on my unknown. I am looking for the
attribute of holiness. What does it mean
to be holy?
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Let me give you my best scientific
definition. Holy means completely pure.
Something that my lab is not right now!
Pardon me, but I’ve got to get this lab
cleaned up. Erlenmeyer, where are
you???
Goldenrod Paper
Supplies
ƒ One piece of goldenrod paper
ƒ Cotton ball
ƒ Ammonia (baking soda mixed with
small amount of water will work, just
not as well)
ƒ Vinegar
(Dr. Beaker leaves, frustrated)
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Dip the cotton ball in the ammonia and
write the word “SIN” on the goldenrod
paper. The word should appear in red on
the paper. (It will eventually react with
the acid in the air and starts turning back,
so don’t take too much time with the
explanation.)
When we sin, we make a blemish on
our clean heart. The yellow paper is an
example of a pure heart. The word sin
made a blemish on it. How can we get
rid of sin? (Give children a chance to
guess)
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Lab
Experiments
Experiment 1 – Clean Pennies
Supplies
ƒ Old, dull pennies
ƒ Paper cups
ƒ Lemon juice
ƒ Paper towels
Put a penny in a paper cup. Pour some
lemon juice into the cup. Make sure the
penny is completely covered.
By asking Jesus to forgive us of our sin.
Has Jesus ever sinned? (No, He is holy
meaning He is without sin.)
How would you describe how your
penny looks? (Dirty, dull, old)
Take another cotton ball and dip it in the
vinegar. Rub the vinegar over the word
“SIN.” It should go back to yellow.
We are going to leave the penny in the
lemon for 5 minutes and see what
happens.
When Jesus forgives us our sin, our
hearts are pure again. Just like the
paper has been washed of SIN!
(Move the children to the next
experiment. After they have completed
the experiments, let them return and finish
this one.)
Wire in Balloon
Supplies:
ƒ Wire coat hanger or 18-gauge wire
ƒ Balloon
Blow up a balloon to medium size and tie.
Find the soft spot at the bottom of the
balloon. Stick the wire in there. Push the
wire through the top of the balloon (by the
knot). To get the wire through the top of
the balloon, put your index finger and
thumb on either side of the spot where
you want the wire to come out.
Sometimes our life seems like this
balloon. We mess up and a wire “sticks
through” our lives. But when that
happens, God is always there. He loves
us and wants us to repent of our sin so
he can heal us and make us whole
again.
What does the penny look like now? (It
should be brighter.)
The acid in the lemon juice cleaned the
penny of all the old stuff on it. Who
cleans us? (God)
Does God ever get dirty and need to be
cleaned? (Never, He is always pure.)
Experiment 2 – Oil and Water
Supplies
ƒ Cooking oil
ƒ Clear glasses of different color of
water (color the water with a few
drops of food coloring)
ƒ Clear, tall container
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Let the children experiment pouring
different combinations together in the
clear container.
kind of ark. This ark was called the
Ark of the Covenant.
What did you notice about how the
liquids mixed together? (They should
notice that the oil did not mix with the
colored water)
Just like the oil and the water would
not mix, God cannot mix with sin.
Because He is holy, He cannot be
around sin.
Experiment 3 – Changing Paper
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Supplies
ƒ Goldenrod paper (cut into 3x5 pieces)
ƒ Baking soda mixture (from lab demo.)
ƒ Cotton swabs
ƒ Paper cups
ƒ Vinegar
When David became king, the Ark of
the Covenant was kept at someone’s
home. David wanted to bring it to
Jerusalem. He constructed a special
place for it. As he was preparing to
bring the Ark to this place, he wrote a
psalm. Listen carefully to it.
Repeat the experiment done during the
demonstration except let the children do
the experiment. By using cotton swabs
instead of cotton balls, you can use
smaller sheets of paper.
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A long, long time before David lived,
there was a man named Moses. Do you
remember stories about him? Perhaps
you remember that he was the one that
was hidden in a basket in the Nile
River. He was also the one responsible
for leading the Israelites out of slavery
in Egypt. Later, God gave Moses the
Ten Commandments. One of the things
that God had Moses do was to make the
Ark of the Covenant. It was a beautiful
box-shaped object that held the Ten
Commandments, a jar of manna and
Aaron’s rod. There were some very
special rules about who could move the
Ark of the Covenant.
Bible Story
I Samuel 24
David and the Ark or the Covenant
Supplies
ƒ None
“Who may ascend the mountain of the
Lord? Who may stand in His holy
place? The one who has clean hands
and a pure heart, who has not set his
mind on what is false, and who has not
sworn deceitfully. He will receive
blessing from the Lord, and
righteousness from the God of his
salvation.”
Psalm 24:3-5
David knew that to move the Ark of the
Covenant and to go before it in the big
procession, he would have to be
blameless before God. He knew that
God is a holy God. He will not tolerate
sin in our lives. David had sinned many
times in his life, however, he had asked
for forgiveness. Because of this, David
could stand blameless before God.
David truly knew the deep joy that
How many of you have ever heard of
the ark?
Most of you probably thought of
Noah’s ark, the big boat that God
commanded Noah to build. But today
we are going to talk about a different
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the city, Michal had looked out of her
window and saw him dancing and
leaping before the Lord. The scriptures
tell us that she was “filled with
contempt for him.” When Michal saw
David, she made fun of him and let him
know she was not pleased with what he
had done. But David told her he was
willing to act like a fool in order to
show his joy in the Lord.
comes from being forgiven for really
bad things in your life.
At last, the big day came. David went
with his people to the home of Obededom and brought the Ark to
Jerusalem, also known as the City of
David. There was a great celebration
as the Ark made its way to its new
home.
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After going only six steps, the
procession stopped and waited while
David made a sacrifice. Then, David
“danced before the Lord with all his
might.” He took off his kingly robes,
wearing only a linen type cover. As the
Ark of the Lord was moved there was
much shouting and blowing of
trumpets.
Can you just imagine what it looked
like and the excitement in the air?
David was so excited he could not
contain himself. He had to dance
before the Lord. David became known
as a man after God’s heart. It was
because of moments like these. He
truly loved God and wanted to worship
Him. He did not care what anyone
thought. He did not care about
whether he looked silly or not. All he
cared about was being in God’s holy
place. He wanted to ascend to the
mountain of God. He wanted that more
than he wanted to appear kingly.
How bad do you want to know God?
How bad do you want to please Him?
Are you willing to be made fun of at
school or in your neighborhood because
of your faith in God?
After David brought the Ark into the
special tent that he had prepared for it,
he sacrificed offerings. Then, he
returned home. His wife, Michal, came
out to meet him. She was not happy.
When David had led the procession into
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So, who do you act like: David or
Michal? Are you willing to do anything
to please God or do you care more
about what others think? The only way
to live a holy life is to seek to please
God and to let Him transform you.
You cannot live a holy life and worry
about pleasing people. You must
choose: will you be a David and seek
God with all your heart or will you be a
Michal and seek the world’s approval?
Prayer
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Give the children time to
think about the question posed
at the end of the story. Pray that they will
completely turn their lives over to God. If
you feel led, this would be a good time to
present the plan of salvation. Also, for
those children who have already made a
commitment, this is an opportunity to help
them go to the next level in their
relationship with God.
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Object Lesson/Modern
Day Story
Supplies
ƒ Microchip or picture (page )
How many of you have ever seen a
microchip? It is really small (show the
microchip).
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The microchip is the brains of the
computer. It is extremely delicate.
There are factories that make these
microchips. However, these factories
are very different than most factories.
They must be super clean. There is
absolutely no tolerance for any kind of
dirt or dust. If a piece of dust were to
get inside a microchip as it was being
made, it would ruin it.
The people that work in the factory
wear special white lab clothes. They
have special systems for air. The walls,
floor and every part of the factory must
be sparkly clean.
You could say that the factory must be
pure. Dirt and a microchip factory
cannot go together.
It is the same way with God. Sin and
God cannot go together. Because He is
holy, he cannot tolerate sin. It goes
against His very nature.
Our memory verse today says that
there is no wickedness in Him at all.
God wants us to become like Him. He
wants us to live lives that are pleasing
to Him.
He wants us to live holy lives because
He is holy.
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Time Stretchers
Craft
Game
Candles
Balloon Volleyball
Supplies
ƒ Miniature craft clay pots
ƒ Tea lite candles
ƒ Glue or glue guns
ƒ Ribbon
ƒ Sharpie® markers
Glue the candle into the clay pot.
Decorate the outside with ribbon,
wrapping it around the top of the pot.
Write the following verse around the pot:
God is light, in Him there is no darkness
at all. I John 1:5
Discuss with the children that darkness
refers to sin. With God, there is no sin,
He is only light.
Memory Verse
The Lord is upright, He is my Rock,
and there is no wickedness in Him.
Psalm 92:15
Supplies
ƒ Bucket of smooth rocks (find these in
a garden store)
ƒ Sharpie® marker
On each rock, write a word from the
verse. Mix up the rocks in the bucket.
Let each child take turns picking a rock.
They should work together to put the
verse in order. Once the verse is in order,
take turns removing a rock. Say the verse
each time the rock is removed.
Supplies
ƒ 10 Balloons one color
ƒ 10 Balloons of a different color
Blow up the balloons and tie them. Mark
off an area similar to a volleyball court.
Make the size of your playing area
dependent on the number of children you
have. The object of the game is to try to
get all the same color of balloon on your
side. The first team to accomplish this
wins.
To begin the game, mix the balloons up
and place some of each color on both
sides. Divide the children into equal
teams. Assign a color that each side
should try to get. On go, the children
should start throwing or batting the
balloons to the other side. They must stay
within the boundaries marked off.
After the game is completed, discuss how
the wrong color balloon brought
impurities onto each team’s side.
Snack
Jelly Beans
Supplies
ƒ White jelly beans
ƒ Plastic cups
ƒ One black jellybean per person
Pour a handful of white jellybeans in each
cup. Drop a black jellybean in the cup
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and mix it up. Have the children try to
find their black jellybean and remove it
from the cup.
Discuss how the black jellybean was like
sin. The cup of white jellybeans was
made impure (not all white) by the
addition of the black jellybean. To make
the cup of jellybeans pure again, the black
jellybean (sin) had to be removed.
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Dr. Beaker
Erlenmeyer, Erlenmeyer! (Looks all around, getting progressively
agitated.)
Where is that man? I can’t ever find him.
Erlenmeyer! (Have someone dressed as a lab assistant keep
showing up behind Dr. Beaker, being careful not to be seen.)
Oh, that assistant! He has made a mess in the lab and, true to form,
just left it. You should see the lab. There are test tubes lying all over
the tables. Chemicals have been spilled on the floor. What a mess!
It was so clean this morning. Spotless! But then Erlenmeyer started
spilling things and not cleaning the spills. Before long, it was a
disaster.
Enough about my lab. I’ll find someone to clean it up.
Today, I am running a very important test on my unknown. I am
looking for the attribute of holiness. What does it mean to be holy?
Let me give you my best scientific definition.
Holy means completely pure.
My lab is certainly not pure right now. Pardon me, but I have got to
get this lab cleaned up. Erlenmeyer, where are you?
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Microchip
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Together Time
God is Holy
Bible Point
God is
completely
pure
Bible Verse
The Lord is
upright; He is my
Rock, and there
is no wickedness
in Him.
Psalm 92:15
Bible
Passage
Discussion
When a food is pure,
there are no additives in
it. How is that similar to
God’s purity?
Family Fun
Make a meal together that
is completely pure. No food
is allowed that has any
kind of additive.
Psalm 24:3-5
II Samuel 6
The most referred to attribute in the Bible is holiness. When
we talk about God’s holiness, we are referring to His complete
purity. God is totally separated from evil. He does not have
11we can trust all His other
one blemish. Because He is perfect,
attributes such as love, justice and sovereignty.
God is Completely Pure ” Week 7
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God is…
God is Holy
Definition of Holy:
Completely Pure
Lab
Demonstration
Lab Time!
Be safe and follow all
instructions.
Dr. Beaker
Lab Time!
Bible Story
Bible Story
“Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in His holy place? The one who
has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not
set his mind on what is false, and who has not
sworn deceitfully. He will receive blessing from
the Lord, and righteousness from the God of
his salvation.”
Psalm 24:3-5
Kaboom! Lesson 7
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Bible Story
Bible Story
Are You:
David
•Please God
•Seek God
Michal
•Please People
•Seek World
Microchip
God is…
Kaboom! Lesson 7
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